Rosa Lee Killebrew, Coxburg Cemetery, Coxburg, MS

Rosa Lee Killebrew and her brother, Raiford, were born during the marriage of my maternal great-great-grandmother, Susan Elizabeth Coggins Trigleth, to her second husband, Isaac Garrett ("Ike") Killebrew. Interestingly, my maternal grandmother, Rosa Mae Pettus, born to Susan's daughter, Lucy Lula Trigleth, during her first marriage to William Elza Pettus, was named for Lula's half-sister, Rosa Killebrew.

Rosa Lee Killebrew, b. Jan. 8, 1889, d. July 7, 1958

Lucy Lula Trigleth, March 15, 1881 - April 7, 1951

Lucy Lula Trigleth Payne Pettus Bass was my maternal great-grandmother. Buried in Coxburg Cemetery near many of her relatives and allied family members, the engraving on her grave stone reflects her last marriage to Mr. Bass. For more about Lula Trigleth's family, read here.

Wordless Wednesday - William Bailey Netherland, Red's Co, Mississippi State Troops, C.S.A.

William Bailey (W.B.) Netherland, My Great-grandfather
Veteran of Red's Co., Miss. State Troops, C.S.A.
Buried in Coxburg Cemetery, Holmes Co., MS

Source: Digital Photo Collection (2009), privately held by Janice Tracy

Tombstone Tuesday - John Baldridge, Veteran of the War of 1812

John Baldridge, my paternal great-great-greatgrandfather, was born in North Carolina and died in Carroll County, Mississippi. Buried in Enon Cemetery in Carroll County, John's grave stone states that he served in McMath's Company of New York during the War of 1812.

Atwood Family Cemetery, Seminary, Mississippi

In Covington County, near Seminary, Mississippi, is the Atwood Family Cemetery. Among the older family members buried in the cemetery are the Rev. J. W. Atwood and his wife Ellen. Rev. Atwood was born on May 22, 1865, and he died August 31, 1942. Ellen Atwood was born on January 21, 1868 and preceeded her husband in death on May 2, 1920.

In addition to the Atwood family, members of the Aultman, Boleware, Brunt, Davis, Fairchild, Jones, and Trigg families are buried in this family cemetery.

Tombstone Tuesday - W.O.W. Monument of Charles Whitehead

This grave monument is similar to others erected in Mississippi by the Woodmen of the World society around the turn of the century. Standing taller than most of the markers in Coxburg Cemetery of Holmes County, Mississippi, this monument marks the grave of Charles Whitehead. Like other Woodmen of the World monuments, it is fashioned in the likeness of a cut tree and is stamped with the W.O.W. seal.

Charles Whitehead's Woodmen of the World Grave Monument

Coxburg Cemetery, Coxburg (Holmes County) Mississippi

Born February 28, 1863, Died July 25, 1903

Source: Digital Photo Collection (2009) - Photo by Janice Tracy

Tombstone Tuesday - David A. Edwards, Coxburg Cemetery - Coxburg, Mississippi

The inscription on the base of the monument that marks the grave of David A. Edwards states "His many virtues form the noblest monument to his memory."

Standing in a shaded part of Coxburg Cemetery in a rural portion of Holmes County, Mississippi, the grave stone bears two symbols that give some insight into the life of the deceased. Located underneath a crown of feathers that adorns the top of the grave stone, a symbol on the right indicates Mr. Edwards was a member of a Masonic Order. Another emblem to the left of the Masonic Emblem appears to be one of the earlier symbols that denoted membership in the Woodmen of the World organization.

David A. Edwards

Coxburg Cemetery

b. July 11, 1856

d. March 25, 1913